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Judge Laing called Kudi "deceitful and manipulative" and added: "You knew full well you should not be doing what you were doing. It is a particularly distressing aspect of this case that it is unlikely she would have cried for...

Welcome to your early-morning news briefing from The Telegraph - a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Friday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Universities set own...

Squirrels use techniques similar to those of parkour athletes when leaping from one branch to another, a study has found. Parkour, a form of freerunning, is a popular sport where people jump over and under obstacles at speed and often...

Sadiq Khan has said that he wants failing to wear a face mask on the London Underground to be against the law.  The Mayor of London is lobbying the Government to allow Transport for London (TfL) to introduce a new...

Meanwhile, the number of people being told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app has fallen by 43 per cent in a week, new figures have shown.  A total of 395,971 alerts were sent in the week to July 28...

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A pedestrian has been killed in a collision with an ambulance en route to hospital in Redhill this morning, Surrey Police have confirmed. A spokesperson from the force said that officers are appealing for witnesses after the "single vehicle collision"...

Her husband said online: “In recent times, nudists have started walking around here, sometimes in groups of up to 12 men. My wife used to regularly jog around the forest, but stopped when she came across this group of men....

A milkman was arrested on suspicion of being a burglar despite showing police pints of milk and empties in the back of his van, his employer said. The delivery man was held by officers in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, in...

Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said the "logic" behind the app was being tweaked, although the sensitivity and risk threshold will remain unchanged. The update to the app meant that instead of checking contacts for five days before a positive...

Former Bake Off winner John Whaite will take to the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor as one half of the first all-male partnership on the series, it has been announced. The chef, 33, is the fourth contestant to be confirmed...

He was taken to the Princess of Wales Hospital, where it was confirmed he had died. Senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Mark O'Shea, said: "This is a very harrowing case for all involved and I extend my deepest sympathies...

The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is stepping back from the band to recover from a medical procedure.  Sir Mick Jagger has said The Rolling Stones said they look forward to welcoming Watts back "as soon as he is fully...

Thursday morning UK news briefing: France off amber-plus list in boost for holidaymakers

City drivers are willing to add half an hour to their journeys in an effort to avoid “stressful” country lanes, a survey has found. Research by the RAC showed that more urban motorists find navigating narrow lanes a tense experience...